Mumia and the Multitudes
A graphic short story by new Illustrated PEN guest editor Seth Tobocman on the case of Mumia Abu Jamal, who was sentenced to death in 1982 for the murder… More
Stop Shehata: The Story of An Egyptian Judge
In this small yet powerful comic strip, anonymous Egyptian cartoonists take on the corrupt Egyptian judge Nagy Shehata. More
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Writer-filmmaker Baktash Abtin, novelist-journalist Keyvan Bajan and author-critic Reza Khandan Mahabadi are this year’s recipients of the 2021 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award. They will be honored at the #PENgala on October 5. #FreedomToWrite https://bit.ly/3Anlflc
"The decision on the part of Apple and Google to remove an app from the iOS and Android App Stores being used to organize protest against the government is the result of blackmail, pure and simple." https://bit.ly/3nJXaBM
Police raids on movie screenings — unimaginable in Hong Kong a few years ago — are the latest reality in Beijing’s relentless suppression of the territory’s civil liberties. https://lat.ms/3lCFwwW
